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John Boyle and family

The collapse of his Zoom airline last August will have hit 57-year-old Boyle hard. He set up Zoom as a transatlantic airline in 2001. Based in Ottawa, it operated flights between Scotland, Europe and seven Canadian destinations. It collapsed with debts estimated at between £25m and £50m. Boyle also owns Motherwell, the Scottish Premier League football club. He sold Glasgow-based Direct Holidays to Airtours in 1998, netting £56m, and also runs the Hamilton Portfolio property operation. Despite the Zoom collapse, Boyle and his family are worth £45m.